Yuri Gagarin was Russian, and the first man in space.
He was a Russian called Yuri Gagarin from the USSR.
The Russian, Yuri Gagarin, was the first man in space.
Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut to travel to space in 1961 aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft. He was part of the Mercury program and completed a suborbital flight. The term "cosmonaut" specifically refers to Russian or Soviet astronauts.
The name of the first Russian spacecraft was Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957.
who was the first African American to travel in space
He was a Russian called Yuri Gagarin from the USSR.
It was in a combined Apollo and soyuz space mission.
The first human to go into space was Yuri Gagarin (Russian) in April 1961. The next person in space was Alan Shepard (American) May 5, 1961. The first person to walk in space was Alexi Leonov (Russian), 1st American Ed White.
A Russian named Yuri Gagarin became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit the earth. Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the second person to travel into space.
The first Russian trip into space took about 4 days.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man (and first Russian) to be put in space.
Norman Thagard is a former American astronaut who became the first American to ride to space on board a Russian spacecraft. He was a veteran of five spaceflights, including one on the Russian Mir space station. Thagard also holds the record for the longest spaceflight by an American on a space station.
The Russian, Yuri Gagarin, was the first man in space.
the Russian American space race.
The first astronaut in space was Russian Yuri Gagarin in April 12, 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 that orbited the Earth. The first American in space, as well as the second person in space, was Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961.
The first astronaut in space was the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in April of 1961. His flight lasted for 108 minutes in which he orbited Earth once. The first American in space was Alan Shepard in May of 1961.
The Russian Valentina Tereshkova was the first women in space.